RF/Wireless Engineer

Innova Solutions•Salt Lake City, UT

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Innova Solutions has a client that is immediately hiring for an RF/Wireless Engineer. This is a Full-Time Contract position with a duration of 12 months, and there is a possibility of it converting to a contract-to-hire role. The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT 84116. As an RF/Wireless Engineer, you will support the development of RF architectures and hardware designs for communication systems, translating system requirements into effective circuit card-, module-, and subsystem-level solutions. You will perform RF/analog design, analysis, modeling, simulation, integration, and verification of high-frequency and microwave hardware, including amplifiers, oscillators, attenuators, mixers, filters, and related circuitry. The role involves conducting circuit card and subsystem development activities, including design reviews, S-parameter and gain budget analysis, filtering design, and verification testing through engineering development, production, and sustainment. Collaboration across systems, mechanical, and software engineering teams is essential to develop integrated solutions that meet technical, performance, quality, and manufacturability objectives. You will also support business and program objectives by contributing to proposals, developing technical approaches, identifying risks, estimating budgets and schedules, and managing technical tasks to meet program targets. Preparing and delivering technical presentations, design results, and recommendations to engineering, program, and leadership teams is also a key part of this role to support decision-making and continuous improvement. This position requires an Active Secret Clearance.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.
Hands-on experience with lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, receivers, signal generators, amplifiers, antennas, and power meters.
Strong foundation in electromagnetics, RF/microwave theory, and electronic warfare.
Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the development of RF systems and assemblies.
Experience designing RF products from UHF through E-band, including frequency synthesizers, up/down converters, front-end electronics, antenna tracking electronics, and complete RF systems.
Experience with Cadence AWR/Microwave Office, PathWave RF Synthesis (Genesys), and Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics) or similar tools.
Understanding of passive and active RF components, including amplifiers, oscillators, attenuators, mixers, and filters, and their impact on system performance.
Working knowledge of S-parameters, matching networks, cascade analysis, gain budgets, noise figure, linearity, filtering, and related RF metrics.
Understanding of noise figure, noise temperature, Eb/No, BER, receiver sensitivity, temperature effects, impedance interfaces, and isolation requirements.
Exposure to RF architectures, link budgets, and system-level analysis.
Knowledge of nonlinear RF effects, including intermodulation, IP2, IP3, group delay variation, dynamic range, and mitigation techniques.
Understanding of power budgets and environmental design impacts.
Active Secret Clearance

Nice To Haves

Awareness of industry trends and emerging technologies, with the ability to support technology roadmaps that improve capability while reducing cost, size, weight, and power.
Familiarity with military and commercial SATCOM standards.

Responsibilities

Support the development of RF architectures and hardware designs for communication systems, translating system requirements into effective circuit card-, module-, and subsystem-level solutions.
Perform RF/analog design, analysis, modeling, simulation, integration, and verification of high-frequency and microwave hardware, including amplifiers, oscillators, attenuators, mixers, filters, and related circuitry.
Conduct circuit card and subsystem development activities, including design reviews, S-parameter and gain budget analysis, filtering design, and verification testing through engineering development, production, and sustainment.
Collaborate across systems, mechanical, and software engineering teams to develop integrated solutions that meet technical, performance, quality, and manufacturability objectives.
Support business and program objectives by contributing to proposals, developing technical approaches, identifying risks, estimating budgets and schedules, and managing technical tasks to meet program targets.
Prepare and deliver technical presentations, design results, and recommendations to engineering, program, and leadership teams to support decision-making and continuous improvement.